Social+Media

Betsey Dunkel EDU 360 Critical Thinking Wiki Term #2

What is social media?
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 * =====Social media is the collection of online communication channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. (Wigmore) =====
 * __#|Social media__ includes websites and applications that people use to stay connected and up to date on everyday news, activity, and happenings around the world.

Best Practices for Teachers

 * Teachers can use social applications to collaborate with fellow teachers around the world on lesson plan ideas and strategies that they find helpful.
 * Examples of of apps would be Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc...These apps allow teachers to stay connected.
 * Students can also share their work with others, find other students around the world that share the same interests.
 * Teachers can create a classroom blog that students can follow and take part in.
 * Teachers can also stay connected with parents through blogging, and many more social medias.

Annotated Web Links

 *  Google Docs is an __#|application__ that allows users to create and share files and work together on projects from different locations at the same time. Teachers can use google docs to collaborate with fellow colleagues, or anyone in the world. Students can work on projects together from home.
 * ====Edmodo, a teacher site that can be used to stay connected to students and parents. Teachers can post pictures or assignments for students. ====

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Digg is a website that contains user-submitted news, and shows currently what is trending on the internet.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">This is a widget that can be placed on pages so people can share the page with others on Facebook.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Google+ is a sharing circle among friends. A lot like Facebook, but not as busy.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Reddit is a social site that provides user-submitted links to trending news and information.